"Why, he wondered, did so many people spend their lives not trying to find answers to questions- not even thinking of questions to begin with? Was there anything more exciting in life than finding answers?"

-Prelude to Foundation, Isaac Asimov.

If you're counting by UN members, that's like... 195. If you count by places that consider themselves countries but haven't been fully recognized, it's gonna be more like 220.

Two of my old roleplaying character's names, Ayame and Mishi, smushed into one. It's never taken on any site I can find, though I've since moved on to other usernames elsewhere.

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories makes up two books, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Life With Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, one volume of The Sandman and one volume of Hellblazer (probably Brief Lives for Sandman and Original Sins for Hellblazer.)

The Jeeves and Wooster series, Blackadder, all the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies, and the series with Jeremy Brett.
Oh, and all the Doctor Who I can get my grubby little hands on. :)

In no particular order (though Iraq and the economy are definitely tied for first):

-Increase in gay rights-related legislation, from civil unions to harsher hate crime legislation (actually, I wouldn't mind seeing harsher hate crime legislation period, not just for gay people). And repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, because I'd like to be able to ( Read more... )

Because God commanded it so!
Well, at least with side-by-side fridges, if you open the fridge door while you open the freezer door, you can see just fine.
Also, I think the lightbulb would freeze in the freezer, shatter, and then you'd have shards of glass all over your ice cream and frozen veggies, and you'd cry.

Being a woman with fairy normal hair growth, I do not possess a beard. However, I do love a man with some stubble or a neat (short) beard.

All things are interconnected, and without Star Trek, which inspired generations of AWESOME Sci-Fi to follow, the world would truly not be the same. Better? Maybe, if you hate sci-fi. Not for me, though.

(BTW, I refer to TOS, because that's the one I've seen and loved.)